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    Film History

    A Very Good Year

    “Fun City Cinema” hosts Jason Bailey and Mike Hull proudly present “A Very Good Year,” a podcast with a simple premise: each week we invite a guest (filmmakers and actors, critics and historians, comedians and musicians) who loves movies, and ask them to select their favorite year of movies. Some pick a year from their movie-going past; some go deep into film history. Whichever the case, we spend (about) an hour talking about that year: we ask them to share their top five films of the year, and tell us why they love them; we look at the year’s news headlines, award winners, and box office champions; and we finish with a lightning round, where we talk about as many films as possible in as few minutes as possible.


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    1964 with Frank Conniff Feb 19, 2023
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    Frank Conniff is best known for commenting on bad movies - via his five seasons as "TV's Frank" on "Mystery Science Theater 3000" and his subsequent riffing on "Cinematic Titanic" and "The Mads are Back" - so he was delighted to talk about good movies for once. He joined us specifically to talk about the good movies of 1964, many of which he saw as a kid; he also insightfully explains why, for him, this was the year when "The Sixties" really began. Plus, find out what marquee name filmmakers of the '60s Frank sees as geniuses, and which are merely homework!

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    1979 with Bradford Young Feb 12, 2023
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    Oscar-nominated cinematographer Bradford Young ("Arrival, "Selma," "Solo: A Star Wars Story") was only two years old in 1979, so he discovered that year's movies while in film school - and was amazed by how the films of this era spoke to not only his artistic but political self. In this week's exhilarating episode, Bradford breaks down the technical aspects of '70s cinema, sells us on his favorite film of all time, and has some choice words for mainstream movie-making circa 2023. It's a must-listen.

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    2000 with David Sims Feb 05, 2023
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    “Blank Check with Griffin & David” co-host and “Atlantic” film critic David Sims was but a wee lad (in London!) in the year 2000, and looking back, he thinks of it as the year he truly became a cinephile. He joins Mike and Jason to discuss his internationally diverse top five, and to chuckle good-naturedly through more Conan O’Brien “In the year 2000!” audio drops than he probably intended.


    0:00 - Introduction

    10:16 - Headlines

    19:00 - Top 5

    49:00 - Award Winners & Box Office

    1:13:00 - Lightning Round

    1:19:35 - Wrapping it up

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    1959 with Aisha Harris Jan 29, 2023
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    As co-host of NPR’s “Pop Culture Happy Hour” (and host of the late, lamented “Represent”), Aisha Harris is very tuned in to the politics of contemporary popular culture, and what movies are subtly (or not so subtly) telling us about race, sex, and class. But she also looooooves old movies, even when there are contradictions and hypocrisies to grapple with. And there are plenty of both in her favorite movies of 1959 - and an abundance of beauty, humor, and romance as well.

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    1975 with Sean Burns Jan 22, 2023
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    Jason and film critic Sean Burns have something in common (besides their warm, winning dispositions and unimpeachable affection for the MCU): they were both born in the year 1975, which is one of the many reasons Sean selected it for his very good year. But there are others, including an all-killer-no-filler top five and a rare year where the Oscar winners and box office champions were mostly quite good. Imagine that!

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    1999 with Drew McWeeny Jan 15, 2023
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    Jason, Mike, and film critic, historian, and Substacker extraordinaire Drew McWeeny take on the formidable task of breaking down 1999, a movie year so juicy that it has inspired entire podcasts and books of its own. “There was that feeling in ’99 that it was a really special moment,” Drew explains, and picking a top five was a tough task, so check out what made the cut. Plus: why that year’s Oscar winners and box office top 10 are such a bummer!

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    1955 with Scott Tobias Jan 08, 2023
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    Scott Tobias - the legend of “The AV Club” and “The Dissolve,” currently of “The Reveal” and “The Next Picture Show” podcast - joins us for our first foray into the 1950s. It’s a decade regarded by many as something of a dead zone for cinema, a notion that Mr. Tobias is here to push back on, with vigor, as he tells us why 1955 was such an extraordinary year for movies here and abroad.

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    1987 with Bilge Elbiri Jan 01, 2023
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    Vulture film critic Bilge Ebiri has a photographic memory for 1987, the year when he first became a movie obsessive, thanks to a potent combination of formative flicks by the Coen Brothers and Berardo Bertolucci. But he also has some curveballs on his top five, including one with a lot to say about 1987’s headlines (which are intense!).


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    BONUS - NYC Christmas Movies with Alonso Duralde Dec 24, 2022
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    Mike and Jason used to do this whole other podcast called “Fun City Cinema,” and also had a Patreon for it, with bonus episodes. And in December 2020, they had Wrap film critic, prolific podcaster, and Christmas movie expert Alonso Duralde on to talk about three New York City Christmas movie classics - the first iteration of the two-hosts-and-a-guest format that made its way to “A Very Good Year.” So, as a Christmas bonus, we’re happy to re-share this episode with you, and to encourage you to pick up Alonso’s books “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas Movies.” Happy holidays!!


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    1967 with Millie De Chirico Dec 18, 2022
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    Programmer, podcaster, and author Millie De Chirico is anything but predictable, as anyone who’s watched her late-night TCM Underground block (or read its new, essential companion book) can attest. So when she picked 1967, one of the all-time great movie years, for her appearance on this week’s show, Jason and Mike thought they knew what they were in for. They had no idea.

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